US Pocket Patches

All are color unless otherwise stated.  Includes pocket patches, jacket patches, etc.

 

Abbreviations/Terminology:

 

ACU = Army Combat Uniform (foliage green velcro backed  ~2006 on)
AG = Army Green border

CE = Cut Edge (sometimes called straight edge or SE), full color if not stated as subdued
Desert = tan and black, worn on Desert Combat Uniform (DCU)
ME = Merrowed Edge, full color if not stated as subdued
OD = Olive Drab border

RM = Recent Manufacture (post war production, glows under UV)
Subdued = olive drab (OD) and black for BDU (woodland subdued)


 

Armor

6th BN, 8th ARMOR, Qualified Gunnery, ME, Woodland subdued, round

Artillery

6th FA, ME, gold mylar thread on white backing, made for veteran’s association

114th FA/Arty, CE, dark blue tongue, no fluorescent

114th FA/Arty, CE, light blue tongue, cheese cloth fluoresces under UV

AAA BN (recently made DI style by Popular Patch):  80, 81, 88, 152, 155

FA BN (recently made DI style by Popular Patch):  63, 89, 90, 98, 153, 180, 313, 325,327, 373, 374, 376, 385, 386, 456, 457 (3 versions), 458?, 460?, 463 (2 versions), 472?, 503, 507, 544, 549, 555, 581, 674 (3 versions), 675, 680, 681, 909, 925, 999

FA REGT (recently made DI style by Popular Patch):  144, 157, 325

Aviation

Cobra

Night Falcon

1-101 AVN RGT - EXPECT NO MERCY

102nd ASF

119th ASSAULT HELICOPTER COMPANY – GATORS

A CO, 6th CAB, 158th AVN RGT, THE SOUND OF FREEDOM - THE HOOK-ERS

A CO, 7th BN, 158th AVN RGT - GHOST RIDERS

Recondo, 101st Airborne Division, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, Pathfinder Platoon, both color and desert, CE

DET 2, CO H, 171st AVN - SHERPA

WARLORDS 2-229 NOW HERE TO HIDE (error – should be NOWHERE), both color and woodland subdued, CE

Aviation Regiment (recently made DI style by Popular Patch): 25

Chemical

Chemical Battalion (recently made DI style by Popular Patch): 2, 22, 23, 83, 92, 103, 110, 121, 126, 145, 151, 152, 155, 206, 278, 420, 450, 451, 457, 472, 476, 479, 485, 490

Chemical Brigade (recently made DI style by Popular Patch): 415, 460, 464

Cavalry

Aviation Section, 116th Armored Cavalry Regiment, CE

Engineer

Harbor Master, Corps of Engineers, ME (ASMIC H1)

1st Engineer Battalion, CE

Engineer Battalion (recently made DI style by Popular Patch): 145, 151

Infantry

1st Battalion (Mech), 5th Infantry Regiment Bobcats, ME

13th Infantry Regiment, CE

16th Infantry Regiment. CE, no fluorescent

16th Infantry Regiment. CE, synthetic backing fibers

26th Infantry Regiment, CE, 1950’s to 1960’s vintage

26th Infantry Regiment, CE, synthetic fibers

29th Infantry Regiment, CE – RM

3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, CE, reproduction of ASMIC 60A by Popular Patch

71st Infantry Regiment, CE

178th Infantry Regiment, CE

327th Infantry Regiment, CE – RM

409th Infantry Regiment, CE

504th Infantry Regiment, CE

Infantry Regiment (recently made DI style by Popular Patch): 34, 50, 60, 271, 326, 333, 339, 401 Glider

 

Medical

102nd Medical Battalion, color, CE, no glow

106th Medical Battalion, color, CE, no glow

 

Special Forces

Operational Detachment A- 533, C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), CE, desert, 2003

Transportation

9th Transportation Battalion, color, CE, no glow

35th Transportation Battalion, color, CE, regular with black lettering, no glow

35th Transportation Battalion, color, CE, variant with blue details and letters–fluoresces under UV)

507th Transportation Corps Detachment, CE

Other

Armor Battalion (recently made DI style by Popular Patch): 152

363rd MP CO, RAIDERS OF THE NITE, ME, not sure of authenticity

Ordnance Battalion (recently made DI style by Popular Patch): 440

40th Supply & Service Battalion, ME, Color “PROVIDERS / THUNDERING HERD”

US Army Human Engineering Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, ME, Color

Pathfinder 159 Aviation, 4-101, Airborne Ranger, 101st RECON, CE, Color

Pathfinder 159 Aviation, 4-101, Airborne Ranger, 101st RECON, CE, Desert

 


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